OSI Maritime Systems is showcasing its ECPINS ECDIS and TDNS at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2017 exhibition currently held in Bremen, Germany. Over 20 years of engineering expertise in military electronic navigation has solidified OSI’s position as the world leader in the production of Warship and Submarine Electronic Chart Display Information System (ECDIS) – a proven accomplishment with 20 NATO and Allied Navies operating OSI solutions aboard more than 600 platforms, including nine classes of submarines.

British company JDF is showcasing its Torpedo SEAL swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Conference in Bremen, Germany. Torpedo SEAL is controlled by a single pilot and is able to accommodate an additional passenger, plus equipment.

Defence and security company Saab unveiled today a scale model of its new MCMV 80 vessel at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2017 exhibition currently held in Bremen, Germany. According to Saab, the "mine counter measure vessel 80" is a next generation MCM vessel featuring operational flexibility and adaptable configuration, designed to meet current and future challenges.

Defence and security company Saab rolled out its New Lightweight Torpedo at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2017 exhibition currently held in Bremen, Germany. It is the first time Saab demonstrates the system, ordered by the Swedish Defence Material Administration in 2016, to the global defence market.

A core focus for UDT 2017 is compact sonars for Littorals. The KONGSBERG product portfolio consists of several solutions for this purpose, suitable for installation on a wide variety of Littoral platforms including Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and AUVs, in addition to other small remote operated platforms.

DCNS is exhibiting at the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Conference in Bremen, Germany. The French company is showcasing the F21 heavyweight torpedo, the MU90 lightweight torpedo and its CANTO torpedo countermeasures.

Russian MoD: First LHD Amphibious Assault Ship to be Built in Russia by 2022

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The Russian Ministry of Defense informed that the first domestic general purpose landing ship will be built in 2022, while a new high-speed military helicopter will have to make its first flight by 2025. The performance requirements for the helicopter have already been determined, and now the project details are being specified in conjunction with the Russian Helicopters Company. As early as 1980, Chiefs of the General Staff, led by Deputy Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Amelko, appealed to the country's leadership for the construction of domestic helicopter carriers, the online newspaper Gazeta.ru writes.

Six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. The welded-aluminum Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant pilothouse patrol vessels were provided to Vietnam by the United States in a historic move that underscores the increased security cooperation between the two nations. The vessels were officially handed over by US Ambassador Ted Osius to the Vietnam Coast Guard on Monday in the province of Quang Nam.

The fourth and final 125 class frigate (F125) for the German Navy was christened “Rheinland-Pfalz” today at the Hamburg site of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. Following the christening of the first three frigates “Baden-Württemberg”, “Nordrhein-Westfalen” and “Sachsen-Anhalt” this is a further important step toward completing the F125 shipbuilding program...

Austal Delivers Second Cape-class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy

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Austal is pleased to advise that it has delivered Cape Inscription, the second Cape-class Patrol Boat for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Inscription is the tenth Cape-class designed and constructed by Austal. Cape Inscription joins Cape Fourcroy, which was delivered to the Navy in April 2017 and a further 8 Capes delivered to the Australian Border Force between 2013 and 2015.

The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed acceptance trials conducted by the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) in the Atlantic Ocean May 24-26 and is in final preparations for delivery. Acceptance trials are primarily aimed at demonstrating to INSURV the ability of the ship's crew to conduct operations at sea, and that the ship is constructed in accordance with contract specifications.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered the submarine Washington (SSN 787) to the U.S. Navy after successfully completing its final round of sea trials. The boat earned the highest Figure of Merit score to date on any new construction Virginia-class submarine.

Austal Limited (Austal) is pleased to announce that the Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship 12 (LCS 12), the future USS Omaha, has successfully completed United States Navy (USN) acceptance trials. Omaha is the 6th Independence variant LCS to be designed and built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama under a current contract with the USN for 11 LCS vessels, valued at over US$3.5 billion.

First Project 22160 Patrol Ship for Russian Navy to be Launched 3 Months Late

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The Zelenodolsk Shipyard in the Volga area will float out the Project 22160 lead patrol ship in late June almost three months later than planned, a shipyard source told the Flotprom online media organization.

Nexter, a KNDS (KMW+NEXTER Defense Systems) company, has signed a contract with the Albanian Navy to supply remotely operated 20mm NARWHAL® naval turrets. Albania has been a member of NATO since 2009 and will be the fourth country to equip its navy with NARWHAL® turrets, which already provide short-range self-defence to French and Egyptian FREMM frigates, French Mistral class vessels and Lebanese navy patrol boats. It will be also fitted to the French Navy's patrol boats (Guyanese PLG light patrol craft) and on the HORIZON class frigates.

On May 22nd, the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) took major steps to enhance global security and stimulate economic progress in the United States and the Middle East. KSA has expressed its intent to procure more than $28 billion worth of Lockheed Martin integrated air and missile defense, combat ship, tactical aircraft and rotary wing technologies and programs. The agreement includes four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) based on the Freedom-class LCS Lockheed Martin’s industry team is building for the U.S. Navy.

The Project 11540 Yastreb frigate Yaroslav Mudry has arrived at the Kronstadt Shipyard in northwest Russia to undergo dock repairs, the shipyard’s press office said in an interview with the Flotprom online media organization.